If the Dead Belong Here dance to her job waiting tables

to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge

By the time the Sinykins moved to South Dakota

The animals and plants loved her

stubborn blots of snow—and reading them is a sensory offering that invites the reader’s whole body to be transported in the experience

She captures all the affection

If the Dead Belong Here dance to her job waiting tablesWhen a young girl goes missing, the ghosts of the past collide with her family's secrets in a mesmerizing Native American Southern Gothic. When six year old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace, her family is left shattered, struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to despair, Laurel's older sister, Nadine, begins experiencing nightmares that blur the line between dream and reality, and she becomes